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Triteia's diesel engine failed one year after a complete rebuild in New Zealand, with zero compression on the aft piston and a broken valve found inside the cylinder head during a top-end teardown.7:37 James and Rhonda were transiting out of Lake Macquarie, Australia, when the engine bogged down and died under load, producing white smoke and unburned diesel from the exhaust.8:21 Troubleshooting proceeded in stages: a frayed water-pump fan belt was replaced first, then the primary fuel filter was changed and the system bled repeatedly, then the injectors were pulled and sonically cleaned by Dave at Advantage Diesel in Warner's Bay — crud was present, and one injector showed scoring.12:15 None of those steps resolved the rough idle or smoke.25:49 A compression test borrowed from Advantage Diesel revealed just under 300 PSI on the forward piston and zero on the aft, confirming a blown engine.30:26 The top-end teardown exposed a shattered valve.30:47 The engine's history: originally rebuilt in a private garage in Southern California for $3,200 USD, it suffered a seawater ingestion failure between American Samoa and Fiji in 2022, was fully rebuilt in New Zealand over three and a half months, then failed again exactly one year later.5:46 Community members contributed funds unsolicited via Venmo, PayPal, and Cash App.3:20 The engine was subsequently repaired and running for over a month before this account was published.37:58

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